At the 2010 Washington Auto Show, FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally said that Mercury will be positioned with smaller vehicles that fill the void between mainstream Ford and Lincoln branded vehicles. According to Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields, FoMoCo is ready to launch a new small car for Mercury in early 2011. The new [...]
The Chevrolet Malibu is losing its appeal, and it’s not because the model is getting old (well, it could be a part of it), but because it is getting ignored by General Motors. When the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu went on sale a couple of years ago, it was a breakthrough car for General Motors Vice [...]
Rinspeed always comes to Geneva with a very imaginative concept. This year, however, Rinspeed will unveil its UC? New Mobility Concept Car (that’s UC with a “?” mark) at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, but the biggest surprise is that the concept was designed to be ready for future series production. The two-seater electric-drive UC?, [...]
Speaking at the National Automobile Dealers Convention, Volkswagen Group of America CEO, Stefan Jacoby, said that the company is making strides in improving its image with U.S. consumers. He said that that’s importance since the German automaker will be opening its first production plant in the U.S. in Chattanooga, Tenn., with plans to sell 800,000 [...]
Toyota dealers are not happy campers. Besides dealing with millions of recalled cars and a battered brand image, dealers face lack of communication from executives and tanking sales and residuals. At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orland, Fla. this past weekend, Toyota dealers were ready to give company executives an earful. According to [...]
At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Porsche will show the new 2010 911 GT3 R Hybrid. Joining the new hybrid Porsche racer will be the 2011 Cayenne SUV, which is being teased through this new image of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid. We’ve adjusted the picture’s contrast level so you can get a better look. [...]
If you haven’t been out of the house in a while and seen all the red colors, we thought it’d be kind of us to let you know that today is Valentine’s Day. Either way, if you’re significant other wants you to take them to a “chick flick” you may want to check out “Valentine’s [...]
Hoping not to break bonds with some of its least committed customers after deciding to shut down the Saturn brand due to the failure of an attempted sale to Penske, GM is offering Saturn owners $2,000 in incentives towards a new vehicle from one of its four surviving brands. The deal began on Feb. 2 [...]
FoMoCo is helping its dealerships become greener… well, almost. For a fee, Ford will assess a dealership’s energy use and recommend how it can become more energy efficient, said Ken Czubay, Ford’s vice president of U.S. sales and marketing. Ford says that as a part of the Green Dealer Initiative, which is voluntary, dealers may have [...]
On Thursday, it was reported that Honda’s Ridgeline pickup will be upgraded for the 2011 model year. Honda’s assistant vice president of product planning Vicki Poponi said that the Ridgeline, which has not been upgraded for five years, will see some changes in 2011. Well, you can scratch that. PickupTrucks.com, who originally spoke to Poponi [...]
